i think in honor of ray we should play some VF tonight? who’s down?
Damn right. I played some yesterday already and I think I’mma play some today too. Need me some glowy shit!
ps, will be brining av cables for my ps2 this time so 3rd strike WILL be happening 
Hey All,
Last night was a great time and I am looking forward to writing an update/report of the last two sessions which have had some new faces and even some old ones. Much to tell as always!
That said…
IMPORTANT NOTICE – All Fight Night Fighters Must Read
A tenant of the apartments upstairs, was kind enough to let me know that the various smoking break conversations and the post-fight-night conversation in the parking lot really disrupted his sleep and was a nuisance to the apartments.
This tenant was very nice in telling me this, and he is a really good guy–I know him. He’s also being kind enough to me because it wasn’t like he filed a complaint with the police (someone has done that) or talked to the building manager or management company first–he went straight to me and I very much appreciate it.
Conversations like the one after the Fight Night should be carried deeper into the parking lot (they were about 25-30 feet from the store, should be even further).
The smoking break conversations should be at least as far as the rails, but maybe even further.
I really don’t want to have the landlord and the owners of the business to tell me to stop having Fight Nights go late.
So please consider it, remind others of this, and let’s make sure we are not disrupting the tenants of the apartment. And I’m also asking because as someone running a business, I do have an obligation to making serious efforts to keep the peace within that jurisdiction.
Thanks!
-Chanchai
Understood. Thank the tenant for being so civil about it.
Woops! We realized a little late that we were being a little loud and quieted down, but we’ll be more careful next time.
Oops…my bad.
This has nothing to do with Versis but this is all about Mr. RAY!
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Ray @ 3:41 ish
Want to thank everyone for the positive response regarding the “noise outside” post.
Well… today I have to break some news that might be tough on some of the Fight Night members…
Starting this week, Versis is raising the price of Fight Night to $10.
I still think this is a ridiculously good deal as you have 4 hours guaranteed ($2.50 an hour) and you guys know that even when I’m tired like a dog, I try to let it keep on going for a bit longer. Furthermore, we are not ignoring those that will have the most trouble with this change. More on that later in this post.
Versis is struggling at the moment and we are in a position of rethinking some aspects of our business model. But we are fighting to keep Versis going and getting it to be better (and if we can get to a really good position, we would love to open in Beaverton). Price changes are a small part of the shift, we’re looking at stronger marketing (with actual marketing people), etc…
I hope Versis has been an awesome place for everyone, and I hope the community can understand the necessity for this change.
Now… about that bit about “not ignoring those that will have the most trouble with this change.” We are offering a severely low number of coupons that will, for the moment, give $4 off.
I do not want to give these just to anybody, ONLY THOSE THAT ABSOLUTELY NEED THEM. I will need notice ahead of time and we will discuss it. E-mail me at vf_chanchai@hotmail.com (my SRK mailbox is full) or send me a private message on Playfire, 1Up, or VirtuaFightClub–I go by Chanchai on all of those.
Normally we would distribute coupons differently–but in this case, I’m giving them on a per case basis and again, I have a severely low number of coupons I can give. Just remember that by receiving one of these coupons, another person who will likely really need it, probably won’t be able to get it.
In any case, I hope you guys all understand–and I hope you guys all see that this is still a really good value. And I really appreciate what a good group we have at the Fight Nights–they’re always one of the big highlights of my week, personally. And I want to keep it that way.
-Chanchai
ah not to be negative but the price raise is definitely going to result in me not making it out to versis as often, 4 dollars really isnt that much but in my situation(still un-employed) i have to scrounge just to get 6 together on a regular basis. so needless to say i will be emailing you about those coupons, but plan on seeing less of me until i can get some steady income…
if anyone who reads this has a place in mind that they know is hiring - now would be a good time to let me know lol, at this point id literally take anything. On the more positive side though i hope everything works out for versis, hopefully the price increase will solve some problems or at least keep you comfortable while you decide your business’s future.
The last couple of weeks have been a blur for me… combination of 20 hour workdays, some stress here and there, and all kinds of stuff…
But the Fight Nights have been excellent and were definitely some of the highlights of each week.
BTW, we will have plenty of Pizzas, Fries, Burgers, and Corn Dogs for ordering this week! I’m sorry we didn’t have enough pizzas and burgers to meet demand last week…
I probably can’t write too much about it as I can’t remember everything, but we had some very busy fight nights with tons of SF4, a good amount of Soul Calibur IV and Virtua Fighter 5, some 3rd Strike and KOF XII as well. And I’m sure some other games too!
Gotta thank the players who came out to the fight nights, listed by Fight Night:
9/17/09 Fight Night
- Monkeysarefun (WELCOME TO THE PARTY!!!)
- Bumperfront
- Rayblade
- SlayU2
- G_Effect (Welcome to our friends from Woodland!)
- Val
- Slash
- R_Panda
- Pasqual
- Xeris (always good to have you man! Giving people tough times with Gief and Voldo!)
- Chad (Welcome to Fight Night man! Thanks for the Soul Calibur fights!)
- Mackinzie
- Tsunamiken
- MetalhealthX (WELCOME BACK!!!)
- Taziri
- Kwyjibo
- Jonathon (thanks for staying up and hanging out with us, nice Ryu!)
- Alix
- Holyrobot
- Yangsing
- OMNE
- Lord BBH
- Fat Bear
- Sam B
9/24/09
- SlayU2
- Pasqual
- R_Panda
- HolyRobot
- Tsunamiken
- Yangsing
- G_Effect
- Slash
- MonkeysRFun
- Kwyjibo
- Lord BBH
- Mackinzie
- Taziri
- Paul (Welcome to the club! I hope to see more of you man!)
- Solente (Good to have you at Fight Night!)
- OMNE
- Jannon (It was great meeting you and playing VF with you, I am really looking forward to more matches!)
- Fat Bear
Quite a group… and lots of great times! I’m glad Mackinzie’s been bringing in the 3rd Strike. A lot of people new to the Fight Nights, which is always a wonderful thing. I want to make sure everyone feels included at these events, so if anyone is getting a bad vibe or concern, please let me know and I’m sure we’ll get all that stuff sorted.
That said, it’s been lots of SF4 fights with a single elimination tournament that went over 2 hours on the 17th for SF4 and a 2-man team double elimination tournament for fun ont he 24th. Great stuff and good matches, though I don’t know if Fight Night can sustain too many tournaments like these, but they certainly are awesome fun with moderation.
On the 17th, we had quite a bit of Soul Calibur IV action with Xeris and Chad bringing their game, and OMNE showing his old school Taki can hang in there with everyone. I of course brought out my Mitsu and had a lot of fun fighting with my modified Soul Calibur I game.
We also worked on Ray for VF5 in preparation for his trip to New York and a lot of great matches were had. I think between Ray and myself, it was close to even, I honestly can’t remember but I definitely felt a ton of pressure and got beaten down quite a bit.
In the Single Elimination Tournament it ended up with a rematch of Lord BBH vs. Alix and that was another awesome series of battles fought tooth and nail. You know how intense it is when you see BBH loaded up on adrenaline after his tournament win. It’s a great thing to see imo. And Alix’s exhibition matches with a ton of people as well with excellent fights with Fat Bear and Sam B. Excellent SF4 action. And of course we can’t forget Xeris’ Gief almost taking Alix out of the tournament, very close match and the danger of a strong Gief is indeed scary. No idea how it would end until it did.
On the 24th, more VF action happened along with the SF4. Jannon barely made it to Versis and we all had good matches with myself, Jannon, OMNE, Yangsing, R_Panda, Taziri, and some others. Heck, Lord BBH even messed around with the game, but he doesn’t know anything about VF so it was just fun messing around. In my matches with Yangsing, I know I was being horribly brutal but it’s because Simon really pushes you to play as strong as you can in the moment–I know if I give him one inch, he’ll start putting me through hell. Maybe I should let him, but I get serious competitive fighting with Yangsing and that dude is scary when he figures you out or you give him a rhythm 
BBH, thank you so much for the KOF XII fighting. I really missed playing XII, though both of us were rusty as hell last week. Heck, I felt like I forgot how to play XII period and it’s an easy game to play lol! But thanks, I had great fun with that!
With all of the tending and cooking I was doing, it was hard for me to follow all the SF4 action, but I saw a very diverse cast during that session and some yells here and there, and a lot of people training against Gief by roping Xeris into their sessions. Good stuff!
The 2-man tournament was fun, but I lost track of what was going on–but it felt great being in a team. Thanks Holy Robot, good being your teammate though OMNE took us down! I think my second partner was Solente, I’m sorry if I got that wrong but that was a lot of fun too! Kwyjibo killed us!!!
So much happened… I’ve only barely scratched the surface… but as others from the 24th will tell you, I was one tired d00d… But it was a very very fun night regardless!
-Chanchai
Hi All,
Looking forward to tonight’s session! Also, again, let me know if the new price is very difficult for you. Coupons are limited, but there’s still a couple I can give out.
It’s best to let me know via e-mail: vf_chanchai@hotmail.com
I might be there tonight, not 100% sure, really is going to depend on how tired I am from getting back into the school grind.
My work schedule is changing from 8-5 to 7-4 which basically means I have to now get up at 4:30am to make it to work. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to make it out for the next month or so, but by the time October’s over I should either be working somewhere else or unemployed.
GGs to everyone last Fight Night. Chanchai you were an awesome team mate! I need to add more of you guys on XBL, since that’s how I’ll be playing you for the next month or so. I’m always open to a first to 10, just message me if you see me online.
I’m thinking of picking up Rose since everyone’s been saying she’s crap so I could use some schooling with matchups/etc.
If you’re really interested in Rose talk to Pasqual/Travis, he used to main her. (but then he got smart and switched to a not ass character)
Don’t forget Pasqual now also badmouths her at every chance he gets LuLz.
Although we should bring up Roseball again
Yeah, I don’t know why, but whenever I hear a character is crap, I really want to get good with them and prove everyone wrong, which usually results in me not winning much. I kicked that habit with MvC2, but I don’t like the idea of playing with any of the top tiers in SF4 mainly because I don’t like their playstyles except maybe Akuma, but I’m not that big of a shoto fan anymore these days.
I know, I’m retarded.
Hey, there’s nothing wrong with it Lion is pretty low tier in VF5 (not talking about VF5R), but I enjoy playing him Granted, roster balance in VF is a bit different than SFIV…
Ray enjoys playing Rose quite a bit and it’s fun watching him use Rose in SFIV imo. As a side note, it’s also fun watching Kwyjibo playing very well with Claw.
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I don’t consider Claw very low tier when I’m fighting Kwyjibo’s.^^
That’s cause Kwyjibo is the truth 
Thx for the compliments guys. Makes playing vega feel less like a futile effort.